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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 9h

Reminder to cyclists: you can always take the lane, even when there's a bike lane, especially when said bike lane is full of wet leaves

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 11h

Then you're surely aware of how often drivers leave their crap on the sidewalk around here

Or how drivers crash into fences and yards every two months around here

You related to treasurer Magno or his traffic commission cronies? Because you sure have the same attitude

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 11h

STAY ON THE SIDEWALK

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 11h

STAY ON THE SIDEWALK

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 12h

The house deserved it for not wearing bright siding and lights, and for darting into the street between parked cars.

Am I doing this right?

CAR INTO LAKEVIEW HOUSE
A two-car collision Thursday around 3:00 p.m. sent a Honda SUV into a house at 186 Lake Street.
One occupant was transported to an area hospital with unknown minor injuries.
Eversource was summoned to evaluate the crash impact on a residential power meter.
Photos: Peter Lobo

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 12h

Drivers kill over 20 pedestrians a day in the US.

But sure, call it "complaining".

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 12h

Walking down a city street is now "risky behavior"?

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 12h

Cars are not sentient beings prowling streets. They're controlled by humans. The _only_ danger to kids is those drivers. (Poisoned candy is not a thing.)

Where's the one suggestion to drivers to go at a safe speed (which at night, w/ kids around, is 15mph) & put phones down & pay utmost attention?

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 4d

If you do a Boston book tour next year, there's a whole theme of "townie-ism", elected officials mostly in the inner-ring suburbs who have been in office for years and whose sole accomplishment is, "I grew up here"

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 4d

This driver, who already ran the red by entering the intersection without being able to clear it, is oblivious to anyone around here, including someone on a bike accessing the adjacent bike lane.

Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 4d

There's a reason the MA hands-free law calls out no phone usage when at a red light and in a travel lane.

«Handheld use is allowed only if the vehicle is both stationary and not located in a public travel lane or a bicycle lane, but is not allowed at red lights or stop signs.»

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · 4d

There's a reason the MA hands-free law calls out no phone usage when at a red light and in a travel lane.

«Handheld use is allowed only if the vehicle is both stationary and not located in a public travel lane or a bicycle lane, but is not allowed at red lights or stop signs.»

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Sep 18

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Welcome to MBTAgifts! We are the official gift store of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority.

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Sep 12

I'm sure if the driver of MA 2SDM61 hit someone blowing through a red light 4 secs after it changed, at an intersection marked No Turn on Red, he'd blame solar glare and police would let him off. (Cyclists are expected to use the pedestrian phase to exit the new shared-used path here.)

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Sep 11

One if by land, two if by sea, three if by ebike?

cyclist in colonial garb, downtown boston

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Sep 10

All five of these drivers turned left on a solid red, based on the timing of when the walk signal came on.

But I'm sure they're ranting about that cyclist they saw who rolled through a stop sign at 4mph.

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Sep 1

Actual advanced intel of the protesters' signs

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Sep 1

Normal people in normal street clothes, like these two last week

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 26

When NIMBY residents rail against road diets and bike infrastructure, as they are doing on Washington St in Newton, MA, they are saying these two individuals don't deserve safe and comfortable transportation because they are not in a car

man and child on bikes in protected bike lane

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Sep 1

In case anyone needs a visual of what these NIMBYs are protesting

Four-lane Washington St in Newton before, and now with two through lanes and a shared-use path alongside the Pike

"street" with four lanes, little traffic, flanked by mass pike

same street with two lanes and a shared-use bike/walking path

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 29

Bike handling skills

Live life like this cyclist in the rain

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 27

«I am uncomfortable driving on city streets with bicycles mixed in with automobiles.»

Driving on Washington Street heading west in the left lane there was an electric bicycle in the the road in front of my car. Since bicycles are not licensed there's no way to report to the public safety component of our city these rogue users of our transportation network. Not only do they slow traffic down but there's no way that a bicycle should be driving in a roadway. When we started making bicycle lanes on roads we opened the door up for this. I am uncomfortable driving on city streets with bicycles mixed in with automobiles.

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's the same deal on nextdoor with residents griping about the Newton Washington St road diet

«I think the Washington Street fiasco is an attempt to impose from above an urban landscape on people who prefer their suburban landscape.»

Worshipping a four-lane stroad flanked by the Pike.

David Howell
17h
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Newtonville
I'm still counting bicycles in this stretch compared to cars. The ratio of cars-to-bikes appears to be in excess of 100:1. I don't think that is going to change appreciably. I bike recreationally about 3-6 days / week in the warm season and I see no need to create bike lanes which impair traffic. Neither it is necessary to create an obstacle course to slow traffic down. I think the Washington Street fiasco is an attempt to impose from above an urban landscape on people who prefer their suburban landscape.

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 26

When NIMBY residents rail against road diets and bike infrastructure, as they are doing on Washington St in Newton, MA, they are saying these two individuals don't deserve safe and comfortable transportation because they are not in a car

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 18

The arrogance of space of cars in cities, parking edition

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 12

Is there a better view of the misallocation of @massdcr.bsky.social riverfront space for cars vs. active mobility? The icing on the cake is the post for the sign _for drivers_ further narrowing an already narrow ramp, where two bikes cannot pass at speed

(River St and Soldiers Field Rd, Boston)

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 8

If these motor enthusiasts can't maintain the speed limit, they should get off the street and onto the race track or something where they can enjoy their hobby.

In cities, drivers often slow down cyclists far more than cyclists slow down drivers.

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Saul Blumenthal @saulblum.bsky.social · Aug 7

«"It's become a huge problem in this area," said Shawn Cailler, who took video as he was driving in Dracut near the Lowell line.»

Who's the reckless one?

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